Duncan Bannatyne predicts huge queues outside gyms tomorrow as Covid rules relaxed

No room at the gym! Duncan Bannatyne predicts queues outside fitness centres before they reopen on Monday Gyms will be able to reopen tomorrow morning as Covid-19 rules are loosened  Swimming pools and other indoor exercise facilities will also reopen tomorrow People will still have to adhere to social distancing rules during the activities By … Read more

EU’s new export rules leave small British firms struggling

‘My profit has been wiped out by a £250,000 cost’: EU’s new export rules leave small British firms struggling Jerry Lawson of Frogbike said administration fees charged by each government to his customers had forced him to pause selling into Denmark, Spain and Poland He had to hire extra employees to cope with the added … Read more

Senior treasury officials ‘offered to change rules of Covid support scheme for Greensill Capital’

Senior treasury officials offered to try to redesign a coronavirus business support scheme to help David Cameron, it has emerged. It comes as the former Prime Minister has been embroiled in controversy over texts asking Chancellor Rishi Sunak to support his employer Greensill Capital. Top officials went on to try to find a way for … Read more

Tokyo placed under tighter coronavirus rules for at least a month – almost 100 days before Olympics

Tokyo placed under tighter coronavirus restrictions for at least a month – almost 100 days before the Olympics are set to begin – with host city experiencing surge in new cases Tokyo, the host city of the Olympics, has seen a surge of new cases and variants  The Japanese government have now taken action by … Read more

Roman Kemp rules out dating Emily Atack after she made risqué comments about his father Martin Kemp

Roman Kemp has ruled out dating Emily Atack after she made risqué comments about his father Martin Kemp, telling her: ‘You said you wanted to w**k off my dad.’ The hilarious moment unfolded on Celebrity Juice, after host Keith Lemon suggested Roman, 28, court Emily, 31, after learning the Capital FM host was single. Despite … Read more

Bring cash to the pub, drinkers are warned over ‘control freak’ rules banning indoor payments

Drinkers should take cash to the pub when they reopen for outdoor drinking on Monday due to ‘control freak’ government rules restricting the taking of payments inside, industry figures warned today. Landlords fear that patchy rural broadband and mobile signal means that card machines will be difficult to use in pub gardens, creating the prospect … Read more

Portsmouth woman who hid her dead baby in a hedge avoids jail as judge rules she was ‘blameless’

A ‘frightened’ young mother who wrapped her dead baby in a yellow Primark towel and hid her in a hedge so she could visit her everyday avoided jail today after a district judge ruled that she was ‘blameless’. Lisa Blagden, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, gave birth to Ivory Rose without knowing she was pregnant in the … Read more

Rwandan Bride, groom and wedding party forced to spend the night in stadium for breaking Covid rules

Newlywed bride and groom and their wedding party are forced to spend the night sitting outside in an empty stadium as punishment for breaking Covid rules in Rwanda Reports say police broke up at least three weddings over due to Covid breaches Photos show entire wedding party being held in an outdoor stadium after arrest … Read more

Hundreds of boy racers flout Covid rules at illegal car meets in London

Hundreds of boy racers last night flouted Covid rules at illegal car meets in London. Up to 500 people and 200 cars are thought to have been involved in the event at the Tesco in Brent Cross. It is believed to be one of the biggest car meets to take place during the Covid lockdown. … Read more